• Iceblade@lemmy.worldOP
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    17 days ago

    My own answer is what got me thinking of the question.

    People cheering for, happily celebrating or laughing at death or people dying.

    At least to me, death is dark, serious, grim and horrible on a very fundamental level. Even if it is deserved or necessary it just isn’t something to be elated about. Human beings dying don’t combine with happy feelings.

    I find it literally sickening. Usually it’s been in the context of people behaving horribly (for instance suicide encouragement, terrorism etc.) but todays lemmy feed also brought it out, and really made me think about why it made me feel that way.

    • Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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      16 days ago

      Same. I totally get that the victim was a real horse’s ass (to put it very mildly) and about as unsympathetic as they come, but the response here has just been beyond sickening. Let’s just say my “block” button has been quite busy the last couple days.

    • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works
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      16 days ago

      you are thinking about the CEO. I’m not cheering, but it makes me a little happier. to me it’s not like death (it does not feel like it, but I of course know it is that), but getting rid of a threat to humanity. maybe it also contributes that I don’t count rich, highly influential people as humans, but as disgusting parasites that have no place anywhere near they are. of course there may be exceptions, but that’s a very rare